Garbage-receptacle.



H. B. BALL. GARBAGE RBGEPTAOLE. APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 14, 1913.

Patented Sept.29,191

glmvev-tom lm/ Macon THE NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOTG-L|THO.. WASHINGTON. B1c.

HABRYB. BALL, 0F O FO KQVIRGINIA,

GARBAe-n-nnoEP'rAoLE.

Application filed June 14, 1913.. se ial No. 773,708.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentedse pt zf), 191 1,

1 b all whom it may 0011,0crn:

Be it known that I, HA RY B. BALL, of Norfolk, in the county of Norfolkand State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Garb-agdRecep tacles; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such. as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and usethe same. i

The object of this invention is to provide a garbage receptacle havingsimple and highly efficient means for so locking the cover that shouldthe receptacle be upset the cover will not bedislodged or the contentsdischarged, the means for retaining the cover serving also as a guidetherefor when being placed in position.

in the accompanying drawings Figure '1 is an elevation. Fig. 2 is a planview. Fig. 3 is a view of a locking ear blank.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the garbage receptacle, which ispreferably of cylindrical formation. and 2 the cover therefor, whichlatter is provided with a comparatively deep circumferential flange 3which is designed to extenddown over the receptacle on the outsidethereof for a considerable distance. The lower edge of flange 8 isrounded or beaded at 4:, and this bead, at diametrically oppositepoints, is flattened as applied.

To opposite points on the receptacle, some distance below its upper end,and above its transverse center, are located ears 6 each of which isformed with a hook 7, the outer edge 8 of which is beveled at an angleof.

about i5 to the axis of the receptacle. 'ihese beveled portions 8 formguides for the edge of the cover and serve to direct the same inwardlytoward the receptacle and downwardly into the spaces between the latterand the ends of the hooks. To position the cover the flattened portions5 are brought in line with the ears in order to allow the edge of thecover to clear the ends of the hooks, and after the edge 4 is beneathboth of the hooks the cover is axially turned a slight distance to bringunflattened portions of the rounded edge beneath the hooks, in lockingthe cover to the receptacle. Both ears are provided with eyes toaccommodate the ends of the bale or handle -9.

It will be noted that the ears present flat thecover to contact withwhenbeing placed in position, and atthe sametlme to provide non-yieldinghooks for retainingthe cover 111 place. Each of these ears is preferablyformed from a single blank,as shown in Fig. 3, the blank being bent onthe central line 10 and folded back upon itself, while the lateralportions are bent on the diagonal lines 12 to form flanges l3v which arerivetedto the receptacle. l

The advantages of my invention will be readily appreciated by thoseskilled in the art. It will be seen that a cover may be readily lockedby a slight axial movement after being placed in position, and that eveniffhe receptacle be upset, as is frequently occasioned by prowlingdogs,it will remain locked and by reason of the depending flange of the coverno portion of the contents will be spilled. By forming the locking earswith the inclined portions 8 the proper positioning ofthe cover isinsured. The cost of manufacturing a receptacle in accordance with myinvention is comparatively slight.

I claim as my invention:

1. Asan article of manufacture, a garbage receptacle, a cover thereforhaving a circumferential flange designed to telescope the receptacle onits outside and extend downwardly thereover a considerable dis tance,the lower edge of said flange being.

beaded and having opposite reduced portions. and ears secured to thereceptacle beneath the edge of the cover, the upper ends of said earsforming hooks which intersect the vertical plane of the bead of saidflange to lock the cover to the receptacle, said ears extending upwardlyfrom the receptacle to a point above the horizontal plane of the loweredge of said flange, forming spaces edges toward the cover andreceptacle so as to present as little surface as possible for.

between said hooks and the receptacle to allow of the passage of thereduced portions of the cover flange.

2. As an article of manufacture, a garbage receptacle, a cover thereforhaving a circumferential flange designed to telescope the receptacle andextend downwardly thereover a considerable distance, the lower edgeofsaid flange being beaded and having opposite reduced portions, andhooks secured to the receptacle and extending outwardly therefromforming spaces between their ends and the receptacle to allow of thepassage of Intestimony whereof, I have signed this the reduced 'port1onsof the cover flange',;-said speclficatlon 1n the presence 01 twosubhooks bemg composed of metal plates bent scrlbing wltnesses.

back upon themselves and presenting their HARRY B. BALL. edges towardthe receptacle and also bent to e "Vitnesses:

form flanges Which are secured to the re- FRANCIS S. MAGUIRE,

'ceptacle; MILDRED P. IMIRIE.

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